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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Lampshade tutorial.

I have a lampshade that has been bugging me for months -- I wanted to recover it but couldn't find the perfect fabric. Tonight, at ten minutes to closing, my Bub and I ran into Hobby Lobby (my second trip today, yikes!) and I found the PERFECT fabric! And trim! In less than ten minutes! Yayeeeee!

So I took pictures as I recovered this time just to prove how easy it is! Before:

You really don't need much fabric, just depends on the size of the shade. I lay mine out and trace it (using chalk) -- giving extra room so the fabric wraps around:

Use a hot glue gun to secure the fabric. You can cut little slits every couple inches so the fabric wraps easily:

Taadaa!! But it still needed something...

Trim! I found the perfect match:

If you've seen my family room, you'll understand how perfect the swirlys (swirlies?) are! I loved it so much, I did the little shade in the kitchen:

I'm so excited! My cat, however, is thoroughly unimpressed:

That looks says, "You add this crap to my food bowl and I will pee on your drapes, lady."

11 comments:

That lamp is gorgeous and so are the candle and cat ;) Did you get sweet tea from Mc Donald's lol?

I was born and raised and still reside in MI...but my dh worked in Kokomo, IN for 9 months in 2003, so I went there alot. I was really hoping he would get a job there, but I don't think he was too crazy about the idea at the time...I bet he would be more open to it now, too late...as if we could even sell our house now? sigh...

Hi! I am visiting your blog after Cherry recommended it. So as I was reading your older posts, I laughed out LOUD at the comment that your cat's "made". Pee in our drapes Lady. Ahahaha, that made my day! Lovin' your blog!!!

What a beautiful transformation! But what I appreciatedthe most was that in a beautiful home like yours there was still a McDonalds cup. I have 7 monkeys at home, it's nice to see gorgeous homes are real too.

Hi, there...found your blog by Googling "lampshade repair"...it's just the information I need, except for one thing... Did you remove the old shade covering, working with just the frame, or keep the old material and cover over all of it? My fiance has two cool lamps with totally boring shades...they're a plain cream linen. I'd like to buy a sheer fabric, covering the linen with it, so it'd be a hint of color...not too much, but not sure how that'd work. So, wondering if it'd work to cover over the old. Thanks for your help...cool blog! Maureen - Plymouth, MI